Hi,

I'm a revision patient, having had the band removed in May. At this point, I'm 5 months into my supervised diet and will request insurance approval next month.

As I look toward planning the sleeve surgery, I have two questions:

- is a liquid diet required for a particular amount of time before surgery?

- how long should I expect to be out of work? I'm a high school school teacher and I'm trying to work around holidays in October or November.

Thanks in advance for any and all information.

I had my lapband removed in December and I am being sleeved August 16th. Every surgical team is different. I have to do a 15 day pre-op liquid diet and then 2 weeks post op. I am taking 3 weeks off but I heard 2 weeks is pretty common.

There are some with more office/desk jobs that have gone back to work a couple days after getting released. I, personally, since I'm a librarian and have to lift heavy bins of books, took a full two weeks off. It was right at the point that I started introducing in semi-solid foods and is essential I feel like for energy purposes.

It seems like each surgeon has their own set of rules with regards to pre-op diets. Your best bet will be to ask your sugery coordinator what the pre-op requirements will be......

I work from home and started working again after a week...my surgery was on a Monday and I went back the following Monday............If I had to actually leave my house I would have wanted at least two weeks......and as a teacher maybe 3....you should be able to tell a lot by looking at the diet plan you'll be on.....about the time you get to start eating real food, (they pureed stage) you'll start feeling a lot better.

Good luck!